Is it just me or do the heads look disproportionately large compared to the bodies? It's especially noticeable with Brock and just makes the characters look kind of off.

Edit: Oh, and "friendly rival"? Boo! Pokemon is so much better with the dickhead rivals

I can't unsee that now...It's not too bad and I can live with it, but you definitely have a point about the heads. Also Pikachu looks weird with a haircut like that. It makes sense for Eevee but Pikachu looks like a piece of plastic was welded onto him. Not to mention that particular hairstyle looks horrible on him.

Personally, with rivals, I'd like to have both types in the same game. I'd want to see a nice rival who's really more of a friend that you battle for the hell of it, but also helps you in the storyline, and a dickhead rival where the battles really feel like they count because you have to show that loser, and maybe he even helps the villain team like the little shit that he is, until you teach him a lesson.